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by Pratchett, Terry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy, age toning to edges of text block, lower corners gently bumped in a fine dust jacket, age toning to verso along upp
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1981. First edition. A fine copy, age toning to edges of text block, lower corners gently bumped in a fine dust jacket, age toning to verso along upper edge, age toning to rear panel. (12728). Octavo, boards. The author's third book. "An absurdist RINGWORLD, subverting various SF cliches." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4- 341.
Synopsis
For those who really need to know, Terry Pratchett was born in Buckinghamshire, England, in 1948. He has managed to avoid all the really interesting jobs authors take in order to look good in this kind of biography. In his search for a quiet life he got a job as a Press Officer with the Central Electricity Generating Board after Three Mile Island, which shows his unerring sense of timing. Now a full-time writer, he lives in Somerset with his wife and daughter. He likes people to buy him banana daiquiris (he knows people don’t read author biographies, but feels this might be worth a try).
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12728
- Title
- STRATA
- Author
- Pratchett, Terry
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy, age toning to edges of text block, lower corners gently bumped in a fine dust jacket, age toning to verso along upp
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Colin Smythe
- Place of Publication
- Gerrards Cross
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Fantasy . SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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